Six years in high school?

The state Board of Regents raised that possibility of going to a five- or six-year high school plan to at least some extent on Monday as they considered how to count students who take that long to graduate when calculating statistics used by the federal government. Read the story.

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Light, questions in part 1 are worth 2 points each, 1-30. Questions 31, 32, and 33 are also worth two point each. Questions 34, 35, and 36 are worth three points each. In part four, questions 37, 38, 39 are worth four points each. The most you could get is 87 for a raw score on this exam. If you get all questions. . . all 39 questions right, you get an 87 RAW score which equals 100 percent. The total possible RAW score is 87. I mistated what I meant. But your mistake of stating that this 87 converted or boosted up to 100 is simply wrong. Yes, there are only 39 actual questions for a raw score of 87 which is scored as a 100, appropriately. In the chart you provide there is no extra credit given where it is not due. What you posted is simply a conversion charge due to the number of questions and point values.

there must be A renewed focus on the basics if we are to rechart the course of our schools. No more excuses and no more whining, and definately no more gimmickry! WE are losing our kids to ignorance and we cannot continue to give ground as the Board of regents continues to do! No more gimmicks focus our schools and our efforts toward educating, no more excuses, neither from the students or the teachers! enough is enough!!!

MOST OF YOU DO NOT SEE THIS AS OPPORTUNITY FOR STUDENTS TO TAKE FREE ADVANCED COURSES, THAT 6 YEAR HIGH SCHOOL IS BETTER THAN 5 YEAR TIME, MEANS MORE EXTRA FREE COURSES: STUDENTS CAN TAKE THIS AS OPPORTUNITY TO TAKE FREE ADVANCED COURSES OR COURSES THAT HE OR SHE NOT HAVE THE TIME TO TAKE BEFORE, LIKE LEARNING A 2ND LANGUAGE OR LEARN HOW TO FIX AUTO PROBLEMS OR AUTO REPAIR OR HOUSE CONTRUCTION, THE LIST GOES ON.

COLLEGE GIVE TOO MUCH HOMEWORK, NOT TO TEACH, BUT BECUASE MOST OF THE PROFESSORS BE TOO LAZY TO TEACH: SOME [NOT ALL] OF THE STUDENTS THAT DO NOT DO THEIR HOMEWORK, MAY BE PROTESTING THAT IT IS THE JOB OF THE TEACHER TO TEACH, & NOT FOR THE STUDENTS TO DO THE JOB/WORK OF THE TEACHER, IS GETTING PAID TO TEACH, IS WHAT TEACHER IS THERE FOR, TO TEACH, THAT MOST PROFESSORS IN COLLEGE FORGET, & MAYBE SOME TEACHERS IN HIGH SCHOOL ALSO FORGET, THAT IT IS THE JOB OF TEACHERS TO TEACH.